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A nuclear standoff on the Korean Peninsula would be characterized by both sides’ incentive to strike first to wipe out the other’s
ability
to counterattack.
Most reforms that would guard against macroeconomic risk would also limit the
ability
of finance to persuade people to commit to long-term risky investments, and hence further lower the supply of finance willing to assume such undertakings.
First, modern finance is simply too politically powerful for legislatures or regulators to restrain its
ability
to create systemic macroeconomic risk.
At the same time, it has not preserved its
ability
to entice customers with promises of safe, sophisticated money management.
And the effect of spending by the rich on non-rich households’ spending was higher in areas where house prices could move more, suggesting that housing credit and the
ability
to borrow against rising home equity may have supported over-consumption by the non-rich.
Corporate insiders are an especially powerful lobbying group because of their
ability
to use some of the resources of the companies under their control.
In the end, policymakers must remember that whether or not the US and Europe avoid a lost decade depends on their
ability
to retain productive vitality in their economies, not simply on short-term demand-stimulation measures.
A group like ISIS relies on its
ability
to attract young people to join its ranks, by offering frustrated individuals an ideologically charged sense of purpose.
Finally, Hu, Wen, and the rest of the top leadership have turned themselves into superb firefighters with an uncanny
ability
to, in Party parlance, “nip the seeds of opposition before they sprout.”
Yet such innovation – including the rapid progress in renewable energy over the last decade – has depended crucially on the relatively free flow of technologies across borders, not to mention China’s unique
ability
to scale up production and reduce costs quickly.
Bringing down sovereign borrowing costs would partly, if not entirely, restore governments’
ability
to fund bank recapitalization where needed.
But it also includes physical resilience and the
ability
to withstand shocks.
There was almost pride in the lack of confidence Argentina's people had in their institutions and their
ability
to manage without the shackles of convertibility.
Moreover, the relative abundance of well-educated workers implies low initial wages and the
ability
to compete internationally in labor-intensive manufacturing activities – for example, in footwear, textiles and garments, and electronic assembly – which can form the basis for export-led industrialization.
Indeed, analyzing more long-term data for the international donor community may impede finance ministries’
ability
to make high-frequency data available for running the country.
Without the
ability
to test nuclear and missile technologies, North Korea would be stuck with what it already has.
The only other explanation is that even now, more than three years after the US financial crisis erupted, financial markets’
ability
to price relative risks and returns sensibly has been broken at a deep level, leaving them incapable of doing their job: bearing and managing risk in order to channel savings to entrepreneurial ventures.
Given North Korea’s
ability
to scare China with its geographic proximity and the prospect of a sudden collapse (with all its security implications, including an influx of refugees), these divisions are likely to grow.
They take pride in their
ability
to give not only physical pleasure, but also emotional support, to needy people who cannot get sex any other way.
Left-wing populists, like Jeremy Corbyn in the UK, Bernie Sanders in the US, and Jean-Luc Mélenchon in France, received a significant boost from social media’s
ability
to bypass traditional news outlets.
But will that be sufficient to counter the massive increase in the
ability
to spread fake information?
The problem is that a key component of technology is knowhow, which is an
ability
to perform a task.
Technology has trouble diffusing because much of it requires knowhow, which is an
ability
to recognize patterns and respond with effective actions.
Collective knowhow refers to the
ability
to perform tasks that cannot be carried out by an individual, like playing a symphony or delivering the mail: neither a violinist nor a letter carrier can do it alone.
Nevertheless, highlighting Obama’s
ability
to get things done abroad is more than an attempt at distraction; it also sends the message that the domestic-policy impasse is not his fault.
Already, according to local officials, the city’s factories have acquired the
ability
to mass-produce super-thin fibers first designed in Japan.
But, as in the 1970’s, the success of Nigerian diplomacy will depend on the government’s
ability
to win legitimacy at home.
The
ability
to appreciate the long-term earnings potential of Silicon Valley and firms like Apple, Amazon, and Facebook suggests that more is going on in the US stock market than a relentless focus on short-term financial performance.
Identity EconomicsBERKELEY and DURHAM – A great strength of economics is its
ability
to examine how decisions are made from the point of view of decision makers.
But the Obama administration cannot sign an agreement stating that it will deliberately constrain America’s
ability
to protect itself and its allies from foreign missile attacks.
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